Last night a friend of mine from school died in his sleep when their caravan caught on fire. His children were saved after an heroic act from a passerby. His dog died with him. He was 34 years old and left his fiancé and 4 children behind. The same day as he died he updated his facebook status:' going to take my youngest boy and my oldest girl out camping today, maybe if we are lucky we get some nice weather so we can sit outside in the dark and tell ghost stories by the fire :) '

And so another one bites the dust. And with that another person I know is joining the ones that is already at the other side of the veil.

Over there you can find my grandfather Erling in his workshop crafting his clocks so people can keep track of eternity. My father is building his houses still. They are no longer holding any bodies but a lot of soul. You can find my aunt Signe that gave me her name and my grandmother with her long raven black hair that goes all the way down to her waist. You can find Kjetil and Rune-Andre catching up and talking about old friends. You can find Irene cooking dinner for everyone that is hungry and you can shake hands with Inge-Marius with the big smile. There is little Frida that we lost before we even got to know her. And you can find Anders with the soft hands and the sparkling eyes. God, I can't believe it has been a whole year now since you left! I still see you everywhere. I see your shoes on people passing by. I see your back in front of me on the street. I see your face against the window as the 37 bus drives away from stortorget. Could you be so kind to have a word with whoever is in charge and say that I have no one else I can afford to lose? There are soon more of you on that side of the veil than there is on this one...

He was not a close friend of mine so I am fine, thinking more of his poor family right now!But it is always something heartbreaking about it when young people pass away and it just brought back a lot of memories from when one of my best friends died last July. And yet another one died in a car crash just a few months back. Enough already...

Thats so awful that someone choose to take the life of an innocent man enjoying his time with his children, building memories that they were supposed remember as a good time in their life but someone decided they had the right to steal all that and end a persons life.

Like everyone I know what its like to lose so many family members, since turning 20 I've had 1-3 people die every year for the last 9 years, many visits to the hospital that every year now I just think whose next! One thing for sure though is that you will never ever forget those people for all the good and bad times as memories are there to stay.

Bubbles: No one knows what happened yet and why the caravan caught on fire, but they suspect it was an accident of some sort and not done intentional. But indeed, imagine the poor children that had to experience that...

And I'm very sorry to hear about all the loved ones you guys have lost as well, I guess it never ends and all one can do is learn to cope with it.

My momma used to tell us that she chatted with her grandmother; when I was a kid, I thought that frankly she was a little nuts. Now that I'm older, I feel the presence of all those souls in my life, whether or not I can see or touch them.

Signe, I'm terribly sorry to hear about your friend. What a sad thing to happen, especially with a family depending on him. There can never be any explanations for such horrible accidents. May his family and you find strength in each other.

Signe, I'm so sorry for your loss, and losses. I know from losing many of my beloveds at a very young age in what seemed like such a quick succession, how each new loss brings us to mourning previous losses (often the person most important to us).

I hope you're able to be with yourself, patiently in these times, cry when you need + want to, and hug those around you.

I'm so sorry on behalf of all this, and for this person's family as well. What you wrote here was all very touching and close to heart. I suppose it takes plenty of strength to pull us through things like this, and the realization that despite all the pain in the world, there is so much beauty that we can't let ourselves forget.

Oh Signe, this is such a heartbreaking but beautiful post and tribute. I am so sorry for this poor man and his family. I was so touched to read this - I lost someone dear to me recently too, and love the way you talk about those we've left behind (but never forget).